Coat hanger



Dec. 3, 1935. w. BACKER 2,023,392

COAT HANGER Filed June 10, 1935 INVENTOR Mil/AM BAcKE/P A ORNEY PatentedDec. 3, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COAT HANGER William Backer,Schenectady, N. Y., assignor to Swan Cleaners & Furriers, Schenectady,N. Y., a. firm composed oi Kalman Backer, William Backer, and SimonBacker Application June 10, 1935, Serial No. 25,703

1 Claim.

This invention relates to garment hangers or as they are usually simplycalled coat hangers, and particularly the kind that are made out ofwire.

These wire hangers are light and inexpensive and widely used for theseadvantages. As heretofore'constructed however, they have beenobjectionable because the sharp ends of the wire exposed at the tip ofthe supporting hook and at the twist about the shank of the hook have atendency to catch and tear the garments with which the hangers are used.

The objects of this invention are to provide a wire hanger which will befree of these objections, which will be stronger and better constructedthan previous hangers of this type and which with such advantages, willstill be practically as light and inexpensive.

These and other desirable objects are attained by the novel features ofconstruction hereinafter disclosed and broadly claimed.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the following specificationillustrates certain practical embodiments of the invention, but it willbe clear from an understanding of the invention that certain changes andmodifications may be made all within the true spirit and broad scope ofthe claims.

Fig. 1 in the drawing is a view in elevation of one of the new coathangers.

Fig. 2 is a broken partly perspective view of the novel hook and shankconstruction of the hanger embodying the concealed and protected jointof the wire ends.

Fig. 3 is a view like Fig. 1, illustrating a modification in which thewire ends are abutted and Joined beneath a shoulder portion of thehanger.

As will be clear in the several views, the hanger consists of a singlelength 01' wire which is doubled on itself at 5, to form a smoothlyrounded tip and parallel side parts 6, I. The latter in this doubledside-by-side relation are bent to form the supporting hook 8 and'thentogether at 9, into a shank or neck formation. 7

In the first illustrated form of the invention, Figs. 1 and 2, one endof the wire terminates in this twisted shank portion approximately atHi,

and the other end of the wire terminates at It, in opposition to and insubstantial abutment with the first end.

This novel relation is accomplished by twisting the second consideredend portion of the wire together with the first portion at I2, as acontinuation or extension of the twisted neck 9.

Thus as indicated more clearly in the enlarged view, Fig. 2, the twistedshank of the hook is made up of upper and lower coiled sections of thewire, 9 and i2, with the ends of the same meeting at III, II,substantially mid-length of the coils.

In completing this structure, the opposed wire 5 ends may be rolled downinto close tightly coiled abutting relation and, if desired, may bewelded or otherwise suitably secured in-actual abutting engagement. Witha sufiicient number of wraps however, the wire ends need not be aflixedto 10 each other or special care taken to set them in actual abutment,so long as they are close enough for one end to serve to cover andshield the opposite end.

In the second form of the invention illustrated 15 in Fig. 3, thedoubled portions of the wire are continued on past the twisted togethershank portion 9 and the ends at la and Ilav brought together in abuttingengagement beneath one of the shoulder curves l3, M, of the hanger and20 there welded or similarly secured in such relation as indicated atl5.

In both forms of the invention, the ends of the wire are concealed andshielded so as to leave no exposed sharp edges and the hook is formedwith a smooth rounded tip. This construction requires but little morematerial than that needed (or ordinary hangers and furthermore, locatesthis slight extra material in the hook and shank portion of the hangerwhere it is desirable as reinforcement for these portions. Any slightcrevice or gap that may be left between the substantially abutting endsl0,-H, in the twisted shank of the hook may ordinarily be filled withthe enamel. paint or other coating usually applied to these articles,thus entirely concealing the joint between the wire ends.

What is claimed is:

A coat hanger consisting of a single length of wire having the ends ofthe same abutted and 40 welded together in a continuous endless loop ofwire, portions of said endless loop, including said joined ends, beingdoubled in parallelism and the doubled end part of such portions beingbent into a supporting hook, the parallel portions of the base of saidhook and including said Joined ends being twisted in the form of a hookshank and said joined ends being located between opposing convolutionsof said twisted shank and the remainder of said endless loop extendingoppositely from said twisted shank in spaced shoulder forming portionsconnected'across the bottom of the hanger by an integral spreaderportion.

WILLIAM mom. 56

